NOLL/SOLL Suspending League Activities until April 6th

NOLL/SOLL families –

Starting Friday March 12th, NOLL/SOLL will be suspending all activities until April 6th.  Do not hold practices, games or scrimmages until at least April 6th and official notice from the league about when we will resume activities.  

Following the recommendations of Little League International, District 4 and state health officials we are suspending activities to support social distancing in light of the continuing outbreak of Covid-19 in California.

The health and safety of our players, volunteers, and families are our highest priority.  We encourage everyone to familiarize themselves with the recommended guidelines from the CDC and California Department of Public Health and to follow local municipal and school district communications for information that directly affects our community.

Thanks, NOLL/SOLL Executive Board

Spring Training Clinics with AG Fitness

Spring Training Clinics for NOLL/SOLL players!
Sundays in February (2/2, 2/9 and 2/16)
Ages 6-11 (Farm, AA, AAA) 11:00am – 12:30am
Ages 11+ (Majors, Int, Juniors) 12:30am – 2pm

Sign up here
Only $10 per player (per session)

What to Bring:

  • Baseball attire + Cleats
  • Baseball glove
  • Batting gloves
  • Baseball bat

During our Spring Training clinics, we focus on baseball development, speed-work and fitness fundamentals. We will work in small groups to develop and improve player techniques and ability.

What to Expect:

  • Hands-on coaching from two former professional baseball players (Archie Gilbert & BJ Guinn)
  • Professional warm-up routine
  • Drills for skill for correct running form
  • Agility ladder
  • Cone drills
  • Shoulder programs
    (to strengthen throwing arm)
  • Tee work
  • Soft toss
  • Live BP
  • Hitting Evaluation
  • Ground Balls
  • Glove work
  • TONS ON FUN!!!

Spring 2020 Registration is open

Spring 2020 Registration is open for all divisions! If you are new to NOLL/SOLL please visit https://www.nollsoll.com/new-to-noll-soll/

An early bird registration discount of $25 off is available through November 8th. Please note that registration will close on December 20th for players age 9 to 14. Registration for TBall and Farm divisions will close on January 17th.

You can find more information and register now at https://www.nollsoll.com/registration-information/. We are open to boys and girls age 5 thru 16 in Oakland, Piedmont, Emeryville and Berkeley (south of Virginia St). If you are interested in coaching please sign up as a coach by following the ‘Register a Coach’ link in Sportability.

2020 LEAGUE AGE CHART
Please see https://www.littleleague.org/downloads/2020-baseball-age-chart/
for the latest chart with the age cutoff information for 2020.

CHALLENGER DIVISION
If you know someone with players age 6-22 with disabilities, let them know that we would love to have their player and family participate in our Challenger Division. Find out more at https://www.nollsoll.com/challenger-division/ .

SCHOLARSHIPS
NOLL/SOLL offers scholarships to families in need of assistance. If someone you know families with a financial need which prevents them from signing up, encourage them to use our scholarship form at https://www.nollsoll.com/registration-information/

SHARE WITH YOUR SCHOOL
If your school or other local organization has a weekly newsletter, please consider sending an announcement that registration is open for the Spring and let other families know about it.

You can reach out registration page directly at Sportability by going to http://www.sportability.com/spx/leagues/Client.asp?ClientID=2

Fundraiser for NOLL/SOLL with Photographer Jean Fruth – Thurs June 27th

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/series-of-interesting-people-sip-at-charles-krug-winery-tickets-63488430605

Charles Krug Winery is pleased to announce the launch of our new speaker series, a Series of Interesting People (SIP), with special guests, Jean Fruth, author/photographer of Grassroots Baseball: Where Legends Begin and Jeff Idelson, President of the Baseball Hall of Fame. The evening will include both a book signing and a live audience Q&A moderated by local sports reporter Gus Morris, (who just happened to play on Fruth’s little league team in his youth).

Jean Fruth was the traveling photographer for the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum and now shoots for their Latino media partner, La Vida Baseball. Some of her most memorable images will be on display at this event. Her first book, Grassroots Baseball: Where Legends Begin, features more than 250 of her best images from all levels of the amateur game in the US, as well as from several hotbeds of baseball around the world. Each chapter opens with a portrait of a baseball legend and a first-person essay recounting his early memories of playing the game. Among the 16 legends, 13 are Hall of Famers, including Hank Aaron, Cal Ripken, Jr., Whitey Ford, Rickey Henderson and Randy Johnson.

Jeff Idelson Jeff Idelson has spent 33 years in baseball, eight with the Red Sox and Yankees, and the last 25 with the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY. Retiring this summer after 11 years as president, Idelson has a deep knowledge of The Game and its history, and stories about its legendary players.

Tickets to this event are free.

Book: Signed copies of Jean Fruth’s book will be available for sale for $60. For each book sold a matching $60 will be donated to Oakland Little League

Refreshments, wine, and light snacks available for purchase.

Purchase a copy of the book online if you can’t make it. Use the code noll/soll or Oakland LL and help raise funds for NOLL/SOLL.

2019 Playoffs

The 2019 NOLL and SOLL playoff tournaments are all complete! Here is a quick review:

Congrats to the AA Hotrods and AA Knights, AAA Muckdogs and AAA Raptors, Majors Yankees and Majors Giants, Intermediate Giants and Juniors Red Sox!

Ken Korach and Susan Slusser: Stories from the Oakland A’s

“Voice of the A’s” and SF Chronicle’s baseball reporter, Ken Korach, will be at Moe’s on May 25th 6pm to discuss life in the dugout.

https://www.moesbooks.com/pages/events/50/ken-korach-and-susan-slusser-stories-from-the

Moe’s Books is an independent woman-owned, family owned, iconic bookstore in Berkeley since 1959. We love kids and baseball. Moe’s grandson played in NOLL/SOLL for 5 years. Bring your NOLL/SOLL players to the store to hear from “The Voice of The A’s” about what life in the dugout is actually like.

A’s Night May 10th – Fireworks Night!


A’s NIGHT TAILGATE and GAME – Friday May 10th 5:00pm Join NOLL/SOLL and our Oakland Athletics as they take on the Cleveland Indians on Friday, May 10!

A ticket to this annual community event is only $10 per person and includes a field level seat and catered pregame tailgate dinner.  You’ll also get to experience a fireworks night – this is going to be a NOLL/SOLL A’s night to remember.

Purchase tickets now on Sportability!  http://www.sportability.com/spx/Leagues/League.asp?LgID=46721 (Click ‘Register Now’ to begin your order)

When registering, please select your NOLL/SOLL team from the drop-down menu. This will ensure you are seated with your team. 

Thank you again for supporting NOLL/SOLL! Go A’s!

CAL GAME DAY Sat April 6th

NOLL/SOLL Cal Bears Baseball Game Day is on Saturday April 6th, when Cal hosts Washington State.  First pitch is at 6:05pm at Evans Diamond on the Cal campus.  There will be a variety of special activities for the kids before and after the game.  Bring your team out for a great fan experience and to cheer for an excellent Cal baseball team. 

Tickets are $12 each (part of the proceeds go to support NOLL/SOLL).  You can purchase your tickets on Sportability at  http://www.sportability.com/spx/Leagues/League.asp?LgID=46722.   

PLEASE PURCHASE YOUR TICKETS BY April 1st to secure your tickets.  Purchased tickets will be picked up at a NOLL/SOLL will call table 45 minutes before the game. 

Free Winter Warmup clinic Saturday Dec 15

We are holding our annual free Winter Warmup clinic on Saturday December 15th at 10am. Please mark it on your calendar!

To help us gauge attendance please RSVP.

This 1 hour clinic/walkthrough is available for all new or returning 7, 8, 9 year olds (and 10 year olds new to tryouts). We will review basic skills – throwing, fielding and catching, and if time permits hitting. Then we will run through a mock try out sequence. The goal is to help players feel more comfortable going into the player evaluation weekends in early January.

We will meet at Robert Mason fields (next to Golden Gate Rec Center) on San Pablo Ave at 63rd Street in north Oakland on Saturday December 16th at 10am. We plan to go for 1 hour (if we have a high turnout we may go 1.5 hours). Rain will cancel (anything showers up to 24 hours prior). Players should bring a glove, bat and helmet. We will bring baseballs.

We need volunteers to help run our Spring tryouts in January. Please sign up and help out.

If you have friends and family who have not signed up for the Spring 2019 season, please remind them that the competitive division registration deadline is coming up soon – it closes on December 21st (TBall and Farm open until early January).